Education

J.D., Harvard Law School, 2004.
B.A., Political Science, Summa Cum Laude, University of New Hampshire, 2001.

Court Admissions

State of Texas
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
The U.S. District Courts for the Northern, Eastern and Southern Districts of Texas
The U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit

Bar Admissions

American Bar Association
Dallas Bar Association

Steven Callahan

Associate

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Steven Callahan is an Associate in the Dallas office of McKool Smith. His practice involves complex commercial and intellectual property litigation. Prior to joining McKool Smith in 2005, Mr. Callahan was an Associate with WilmerHale in Boston, Massachusetts.

Mr. Callahan graduated from the University of New Hampshire summa cum laude, and attended law school at Stanford and Harvard. At Stanford, Mr. Callahan was an editor of the Stanford Journal of International Law and offered an editor position on the Stanford Law Review. At Harvard, he was an editor of the Harvard Journal on Legislation.

Mr. Callahan has represented numerous clients in lawsuits involving claims of patent infringement. He has also represented clients in cases involving allegations of theft of trade secrets, breaches of contract, product liability claims, market timing, backdating of stock options, and police brutality.

Representative Matters

VirnetX Inc. Mr. Callahan represented VirnetX Inc. in a lawsuit filed against Microsoft Corp. for patent infringement involving methods for facilitating and securing the creation of virtual private networks. Mr. Callahan was a member of the trial team that secured a jury verdict finding that Microsoft willfully infringed two VirnetX patents.

MagSil Corp. & Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Mr. Callahan currently represents MagSil Corp. and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in a patent infringement lawsuit against Western Digital and Hitachi. The patent-in-suit relates to tunneling magnetoresistive technology found within hard disk drives.

Red River Fiber Optic Corp. Mr. Callahan currently represents Red River Fiber Optic Corp. in its patent infringement lawsuit against AT&T, Qwest and Verizon. The patent-in-suit relates to fiber optic technology.

TGIP, Inc. A member of the TGIP trial team, Mr. Callahan represented TGIP in its patent infringement lawsuit against AT&T involving pre-paid telephone card technology. TGIP obtained a jury verdict against AT&T following a two week trial in the Eastern District of Texas. The case settled favorably to TGIP while on appeal to the Federal Circuit. The other defendants in the case--Verizon, IDT, and InComm--settled with TGIP shortly before trial.

Anascape, Ltd. Mr. Callahan represented Anascape in its patent infringement lawsuit against Microsoft and Nintendo involving video game controller technology. After a two week trial in the Eastern District of Texas, Anascape obtained a jury verdict against Nintendo. The case is currently being appealed to the United States Supreme Court. As a member of the Anascape trial team, Mr. Callahan second chaired portions of the trial. Microsoft and Anascape reached a confidential settlement on the eve of trial.

Professional Activities

Dallas Association of Young Lawyers; American Intellectual Property Law Association; and Texas Association of Young Lawyers.

Awards & Recognition

Named a Rising Star for 2009 by Texas Super Lawyers magazine.